Wildcat

Quick meaning: Wildcat is a noun meaning A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:.

Meaning

A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
2. (American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
3. (nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
4. (firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
5. (uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike (“a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union”).
6. (usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
7. (obsolete) Clipping of wildcat money (“notes issued by a wildcat bank”).

Example Sentences

You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.

2002 September 26, The Young and the Restless Anyone who's man enough to have landed a wildcat like you had to be quite a guy.

Then the development of the home country was neglected for some wildcat idea of bringing up the backward people of other lands.

2003 June 15, CNN Jewish settlers have also been active putting up five new wildcat outposts on hilltops in the West Bank to try to thwart their Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Word Forms

• wildcats
• wild-cat
• wild cat
• wildcatting
• wildcatted

Synonyms for wildcat

Depending on context, synonyms include bobcat, brute, beast, wolf, unsound, exploratory.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wolf, beast, savage, brute, exploratory, unsound.

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